,,,,,,:*## ##*:,,,,,,
,,,~~::*## ##*::~~,,,
,,,,~***¤# #¤***~,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,,~~*# #*~~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:*# THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK #*:~,,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤¶### ######################################## ###¶¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶¶¶ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¶¶¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,~:*¤#¶ ¶#¤*:~,,,,
,,~:*#¶### MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ###¶#*:~,,
,,:*¤#¶### THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ###¶#¤*:,,
,,,,,,:¤¶# UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND #¶¤:,,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,~:**¤¤¶ ¶¤¤**:~,,,
,,,,,~**¤¶ ¶¤**~,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## , PROPERTIES , ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤¤¤## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ##¤¤¤*:~,,
,,~:***##¶ ¶##***:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,~~~*## VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ##*~~~,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶¶# SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A #¶¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,~***¤# MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. #¤***~,,,,
,,,,:**¤¤¶ ¶¤¤**:,,,,
,,,,~~:*## IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ##*:~~,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶¶# STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. #¶¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#### ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ####¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## , COLLECTION , ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#### ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ####¤*:~,,
,,,~:***¤# #¤***:~,,,
,,~:*#¶### THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ###¶#*:~,,
,,~::**¤## WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ##¤**::~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,,:¤## THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ##¤:,,,,,,
,,~:::::¤# PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE #¤:::::~,,
,,,,,,~*## PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ##*~,,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,,~**# HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. #**~,,,,,,
,,~:*¤###¶ ¶###¤*:~,,
,,,,~~:*## MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND ##*:~~,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶¶¶ MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ¶¶¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤##¶# #¶##¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤¤¤¤¶ ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¶¤¤¤¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤¤¤#¶ , AS A DRUG , ¶#¤¤¤*:~,,
,,,,,~*¤¶¶ ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¶¶¤*~,,,,,
,,~:*¤¶### ###¶¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤###¶ , ONE SPOON , ¶###¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ,,,,, ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,~**¤# THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) #¤**~,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES ##¶#¤*:~,,
,~:*¤#¶### SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED ###¶#¤*:~,
,,,~:::*¤# ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT #¤*:::~,,,
,,~:**¤¤¶# SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE #¶¤¤**:~,,
,,,,~:¤### CONFUSING. ###¤:~,,,,
,,,,,:¤¤#¶ ¶#¤¤:,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,~*##¶ , FOUR SPOONS , ¶##*~,,,,,
,,,,::¤### ,,,,, ###¤::,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~~~~::*# ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE #*::~~~~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,,:*#¶ TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO ¶#*:,,,,,,
,,~:*¤#### INCLINED). ####¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#### ####¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## , SEVEN SPOONS , ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#### ,,,,, ####¤*:~,,
,,,,,,:*## THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO ##*:,,,,,,
,,~:*¤##¶¶ NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE ¶¶##¤*:~,,
,,,,,::¤#¶ THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE ¶#¤::,,,,,
,,,,~~~:*# IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER #*:~~~,,,,
,,,,,~~:¤# EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY #¤:~~,,,,,
,,~:*¤###¶ SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ¶###¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶¶¶ ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO ¶¶¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,,~*## DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR ##*~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:*# LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE #*:,,,,,,,
,,~:*¤##¶¶ BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING ¶¶##¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶¶¶ WATER. ¶¶¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,:*¤#¶### ###¶#¤*:,,
,,,,,,~:*# , NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE , #*:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,:¤¤¶ ,,,,, ¶¤¤:,,,,,,
,,,,,:*¤#¶ OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, ¶#¤*:,,,,,
,,~:*¤#### AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE ####¤*:~,,
,,,,,:::*# IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH #*:::,,,,,
,,~:*¤¶### SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH ###¶¤*:~,,
,,~::**¤#¶ UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED ¶#¤**::~,,
,,,,,,~:¤# OR NOT FORMED. #¤:~,,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,~:*### ###*:~,,,,
,,~:***### ,,,,,,,,,,, ###***:~,,
,,,,,~**## , DANGERS , ##**~,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ,,,,,,,,,,, ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,:::¤#¶ MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - ¶#¤:::,,,,
,,~:*¤¤### THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO ###¤¤*:~,,
,,,,,~*¤¤# RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE #¤¤*~,,,,,
,,,,,~:¤¤¶ FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER ¶¤¤:~,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,,:*¤¶ WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO ¶¤*:,,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤¤¤¤¶ PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). ¶¤¤¤¤*:~,,
,,,,,~*### ###*~,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,~~:¤¶ FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ¶¤:~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~*# CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE #*~~,,,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,~~~*# ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... #*~~~,,,,,
,,,,,~*¤¤¶ WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT ¶¤¤*~,,,,,
,,~:**¤#¶¶ POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ¶¶#¤**:~,,
,,,~~:**## LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, ##**:~~,,,
,,,,~:¤¤¶¶ ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. ¶¶¤¤:~,,,,
,,~:*¤#### ####¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤¤¤¤¶ TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ¶¤¤¤¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,,~:*# BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS #*:~,,,,,,
,,,,~::*#¶ LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE ¶#*::~,,,,
,,,,,~*##¶ THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ¶##*~,,,,,
,,,,~**¤¤¶ ARE DEAD AND GONE. ¶¤¤**~,,,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,,,~:*# #*:~,,,,,,
,,~:::**¤¶ ¶¤**:::~,,
,,~:*¤#### ####¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤#¶## ##¶#¤*:~,,
,,,,:***#¶ ¶#***:,,,,